| George Floyd protests in Idaho | |
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| Part of George Floyd protests | |
 Protest in Idaho Falls on June 13 | |
| Date | May 28 – June 13, 2020 (2 weeks and 2 days) |
| Location | Idaho, United States |
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This is a list of George Floyd protests in Idaho, United States.
A handful of people protested in front of the Idaho State Capitol on May 30. [1] Hundreds more gathered on the same steps on May 31. [2] On Monday night, June 1, 100 to 150 protesters gathered at the Capitol again; two opposing groups were present, according to one report. A single gunshot was fired during the protest; Boise Police subsequently arrested an 18-year-old man and said the incident was being investigated as accidental or unintentional. [3]
On June 2, a group of around 25 protesters, mostly young people in their teens and 20s, gathered in the city's downtown. Over 1,000 armed spectators looked on and the event remained peaceful. [4] On June 4, a group of 150 walked downtown followed by another group of "peacekeepers." [5]
On June 2, over 800 people marched down Main Street to protest the murder of George Floyd. Police officers joined the demonstrators as they took a knee and held an eight-minute, forty-six-second moment of silence to honor Floyd. [6]
About 70 people protested on the Broadway Bridge on May 30. [7]
On June 2, hundreds of protesters marched to protest police brutality and held a moment of silence for eight minutes and forty-six seconds in honor of George Floyd. [8]
On June 6, approximately 1,000 people gathered in Kiwanis Park to support Black Lives Matter and George Floyd. A 10-minute moment of silence was held before the protesters began marching through the streets. [9] Armed members of the counter-protest group Protect LC Valley marched through downtown Lewiston, a mile away from the Black Lives Matter protest, to prevent riots and lootings. Both protests were peaceful. [10]
More than a hundred people protested in Friendship Square on June 3. [11]
On June 3, 2020, hundreds gathered in the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello for the "Kneel For Nine Unity March." The event was a tribute to George Floyd. [12] Idaho State's student athletes also lead protests of their own, several hundred people marched in support. [13]
On May 31, 2020, over 200 people held a vigil for George Floyd at the Beehive Pavilion in Porter Park. [14] [15] From June 2 to 5 and June 8 to 12 there were protests held at the corner of Porter Park containing 30 to 170 people depending on the day. Protesters held signs for passing cars and pedestrians, chanted, marched around the park while chanting, and on the 2nd and 3rd marched to the intersection of W 2nd S and S 1st W to write Black Lives Matter slogans, names of black lives lost to police brutality, and passages from the LDS Scriptural Cannon in chalk on the sidewalks. [16] [17]
On June 4, over 100 people gathered at the Long Bridge to protest the murder of George Floyd. [18]
Almost 300 attended a peaceful vigil on June 2. [19]
On June 6, over 200 people marched in protest of the murder of George Floyd. At the intersection of Main and Enter Streets, the protesters kneeled for eight minutes and forty-six seconds to honor Floyd. [20]
This is a list of protests over the murder of George Floyd that took place in the state of Washington in 2020.
In 2020, a series of protests took place in California related to the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while in police custody. On May 31, 2020, the California Department of Human Resources advised "all state departments with offices in downtown city areas" to close on June 1.
Beginning on May 28, 2020, a number of cities in Ohio saw protests against the murder of George Floyd. Major cities such as Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Dayton had large protests, and numerous smaller cities and towns saw demonstrations as well. As a result of rioting and looting, a number of cities such as Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and Springfield imposed curfews of varying times.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in the U.S. state of Oregon.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Virginia. Following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, protests spread from Minneapolis to other parts of the United States, including Virginia. Protests broke out in Richmond on the night of May 28 and spread to over 50 other cities over the following days.
This is a list of protests in New York following the murder of George Floyd in 2020.
This is a list of protests related to the murder of George Floyd that took place in Maryland, United States.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Arizona, United States. Protests occurred in at least nineteen communities in the state, with protests continuing for five weeks in Phoenix.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Connecticut, United States.
There were a series of George Floyd protests in Illinois. Demonstrations and protests were held in at least 30 communities around the state, with major demonstrations happening in Chicago. The vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful, though there were several instances of property damage or violence attributed to demonstrators or counter-protestors, the worst of which occurred in Aurora. In some cities, curfews were issued or orders released advising residents to avoid the areas in which protests were taking place.
This is a list of protests brought on by the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in Kentucky, United States. In 2020, there were protests throughout Kentucky in reaction to the shooting of Breonna Taylor and murder of George Floyd by police, as well as the shooting of David McAtee by the Kentucky Army National Guard. The demonstrations happened regularly in the largest cities in Kentucky, including Louisville and Lexington. Many of the smaller cities had protests on at least one day.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Louisiana, United States.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in the U.S. state of Maine.
This is a list of protests in New Hampshire related to the murder of George Floyd.
Following the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, protests erupted around the nation and world. Dozens of protests, several involving thousands of protesters have been held in New Jersey. Unlike in other areas of the country, protests have been mainly peaceful. This is attributed to relatively good community-police relations, memories of the race riots of 1967, and activist leadership maintaining focus on systemic racism. After protests in Trenton and Atlantic City grew violent on May 31, curfews were set for the first time. Residents of Atlantic City helped clean up damage after the protests turned destructive.
This is a list of protests that took place in Pennsylvania in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.
This is a list of protests in the U.S. State of Vermont related to the murder of George Floyd.
This is a list of protests in the U.S. State of Wyoming related to the murder of George Floyd.
Shortly after protests seeking justice for George Floyd, an African-American who was murdered during a police arrest, began in the United States, people in Canada protested to show solidarity with Americans and to demonstrate against issues with police or racism in Canada. Vigils and protests of up to thousands of participants took place in all 10 provinces and all 3 territories of Canada.
